[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/sci/ - Science & Math


View post   

File: 1.94 MB, 564x379, 1441363182478.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
7515635 No.7515635 [Reply] [Original]

Is "light is a particle" the biggest meme in physics?

>> No.7515642

Light is made out of "particles" in the same sense that a nucleus with bound electrons is an "atom." The word has been given a technical meaning different from the original.

>> No.7515877

Is what we see the soul leaving the body as it dies?

>> No.7515889

>>7515635
Sometimes i feel that light is all that exist - pier scaruffi

>> No.7515890

>>7515877
>muh dark ages pseudoscience

>> No.7515903

>>7515877
No, it's someone burning off the wing of an insect with a laser.

>> No.7515907
File: 20 KB, 400x267, sick_teddy_bear_3A8A2F0F-D1B1-9104-CEDE159E043A16C8.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
7515907

>>7515903
Whoever did it should be imprisoned for hurting animals

>> No.7515912

"An electron is a wave until you measure it" is the biggest meme.

>> No.7515945

>>7515877
I drowned 2 times during my teenager years and I didnt see my soul leave my eyes
so your full of fucking shit

>> No.7515960

>>7515907
Sick trolling did you get that from reddit?

>> No.7515976

>>7515642
>The word has been mis-used by ineloquent nerds
FTFY